Improvement in automatic toys



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A. J. A Autom Toy.

No. 209,468. Patented O ct. 29,187.8.

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A. J. DAVIS. Automatic-Toy.

Patented Oct. 29,1878..

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A. J. DAVIS. Automatic-Toy.

No. 209,468. Pafen'fed oct- 29, 187s.

MPEYEHS. FHoT-LJTHOGMMFB. WASHINGTON.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ANDREW J. DAVIS, OF ALLEGIEIENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

l IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATICTOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,468, dated October29, 1878 application filed July 26, 1878.

ffo all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. Davis, of Allegheny city, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Ghilds Toys 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying the automaton being accomplished throughthe medium of a series of levers and a double compound crank-shaftoperated by clock-work or other motor.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention is most nearlyconnected to make and to use it, I will proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specication, Figure1 is a side elevation of an automaton-horse attached to a buggy, in theseat of vwhich is a figure representing a driver. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the automaton-horse, representing a portion of the bodyremoved, for the purpose of showing the arrangement of the levers,cranks, and operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a top View or plan of theoperating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a top view or plan of a portion of theoperating mechanism, representing the arrangement of the parts forgiving a pacing movement to a second horse, and when arranged andcoupled together, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one horse will have atrotting movement and the other a pacing movement. Fig. 5 represents thecrank-shaft used for imparting the necessary Vmovement for pacing, andthe dotted lines 00"' represent the arrange- `ment of the crank-shaftwhen two horses are coupled together, both having the trotting lmovement.

part, D, of each of the fore legs, at 18, is attached a lever, 17, theupper end of which,

at 16, is attached to a lever, 12, pivoted at 13 to lever 4, which ispivoted at 8 and connected at 6 to lever 5, which is connected to theouter wrist of the crank-shaft f" at 7. To the upper end of the fore legB is pivoted, at 3, a lever, 1, which is connected to the inner wrist.2, of the crank shaft f To the outer wrist of the crank shaft f at 7, isalso connected a lever, a, the other end of which is attached to thehind leg G at b; and to the inner Wrist, 2, of the crank shaft f" is.also connected a lever, e, which, at f', is pivoted to a lever, c, whichis pivoted at w. To the end of lever c, at d,-is pivoted a lever, g',which is pivoted, at h, to lever m', which is pivoted to the leg C at Tothe lever m', at L', is pivoted a lever, it', which is pivoted at 'v' tothe part e of the hind leg. To the lever m', at h, is pivoted a lever,J', which is pivoted at 7c' to the part of the leg C marked t.

The shaft S is provided with a coil-spring, R, gearwheel r', and aratchet- Wheel, P, the pawl q of which is pivoted to the gearwheel r'.The gear-wheel 1^' gears into a wheel, t, on the axes of which isawheel, u, which. gears into a wheel, c", on the crank-shaft f and thewheel e" gears into a wheel, g", on the axes of 19', on which is awheel, 20, which gears into a wheel, 21, on the axis of which is aretarding-t'a-n, 22. Saidoperating mechanism is arranged in a frame, A',which is secured to the base -board B', to which, at f and m, arepivoted the legs B and 0. The spring R, one end of which is attached toa cross bar, f'", and the other end is attached to the shaft S, by meansot' an ordinary winding-key, can be wound up so as to' impart power tothe drivingwheel r', which transmits its power to the other operatingmechanism.

B" represents a toy buggy, provided with shafts (1', which is attachedto the body of the horse by means of a transverse bar, o". The shaftsare pivoted to the body of the buggy at a@ for the purpose of arrangingthe plane` of the shafts at any desired angle with relation to thebodyof the buggy, whereby the automaton-horse may be made to travel inany desired direction.

The levers hereinbefore described, pivoted and connected to the severalparts ofthe legs B and O aud to the operating crank shaft and mechanism,will impart to said legs those movements imitating the peculiarmovements ot the several parts of the legs of a horse when trotting orpaeil'lg.

By arranging a frame in a second horse,

'which is provided'with a similar arrangement of levers anda crankshaft, the same as the crank-shaft f", and the two crank-shaftsconnected, as indicated by dotted lines x, between Figs. 3 and 4, thetwo automaton-horses can be made to travel together, supporting eachother 'in an upright position. The motor or clock-Work may be )lacedonly in one horse, and the horses may ve made to trot or pace simply by`the modification of the crank shaft.

The part-s D and el of the legs B aud C are furnished with elastichoofs, marked m, constructed of gum or other elastic material. 'lhehoofs when made thus will give a springy aetion to the legs and avoidthe rattling noise of the hoofs on the floor when the horses aretraveling.

Having thus described my improvement, 'what I claim as my invention is-A toy horse the fore legs Bof which are jointed at f 7c l, and providedwith pivoted levers 17, l2, l0, 4, 5, and 1, and the hind legs C jointedat o n m, and provided With pivoted levers u', g', c, e, and a, all ofwhich are combined with the compound crank-shaft f, operated by clockWork as a motor, substantially as herein described, and for the purposeset forth.

ANDREW J. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

WM. L. LAPsLY, A. O. JOHNSTON.

